Sometimes I just need to rant. Be afraid, you are my captive audience.
I’ve been quietly stewing for the past few hours about the news that convicted rapist and murder Liam Reid has had his sentence reduced on appeal. Reid is the loser who raped and murdered deaf Christchurch teenager Emma Agnew, then just nine days later raped a student in Dunedin. He has the sort of disgusting […]
What’s a life worth? Not as much as we thought Read Post »
It was interesting to see Perez Hilton had a post on his blog yesterday covering some of the more “ridiculous and/or factitious headlines we’ve recently come across” relating to Michael Jackson’s death. However, he failed to mention the most “ridiculous and/or factitious” headline: his own … you know, the “heart attack or cold feet” emblazoned
Michael Jackson still in the headlines Read Post »
Long trousers and shorts: they’ve both been in the news today for causing a bit of a stir. First up, it’s the shorts situation. It seems there’s a netball team in Palmerston North that has shorts as part of its uniform instead of the more common skirts. But (cue Jaws-like menacing music) Netball Manawatu, administrators
The long and the short of it Read Post »
Trade Me has officially launched its new look and you could say it’s the change that launched a thousand tantrums. From what I can see, it’s the same users who were chucking out the conspiracy theories a week or so back when Trade Me offered up a preview of the site. Yes, there were threads
Trade Me launches new look, users launch tantrums Read Post »
Now that we’ve had our first swine flu-related deaths in New Zealand, perhaps it’s time the Coldrex TV ad was altered to make it clear that it isn’t okay to take a pill to relieve the symptoms of the flu and then carry on your merry way to work, infecting all and sundry with your
Swine flu: bad news and senseless ads Read Post »
It was nice to see the Stuff dudes and dudettes put a “graphic photo” warning on the story about the guy who stabbed himself in the neck during his court appearance (especially after the distasteful Michael Jackson photos last week) but I can’t help wondering what the warning related to. Was it the blood? Or
Jetstar is playing hardball with passengers who turn up late for check-in and the punters aren’t happy about it. Like most domestic flights, you have to be checked in half an hour before take-off time; international flight usually have a two-hour timeframe. Every time you book a flight the terms and conditions are clearly set
Weekly vent: the Jetstar whingers Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) So what’s up with celebrity blogger and “I’’m currently having my 15 minutes of fame” wannabe celeb Perez Hilton? There was a time when I visited his site daily and thoroughly enjoyed his wee snippets of gossip. Not so much now, though. Instead of the
Perez Hilton: a day late and a dollar short Read Post »
